King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 40:21
“And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:”
Verse in context — Genesis 40
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
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And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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